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Copy Selected Text Button Widget Plugin for Elementor
A real button that copies the text a visitor has selected, optionally as a quote with the page title and address.
Included in All AccessClassic Elementor widgetFrom $29 USD / year
Complementor / Copy selected text buttonProduct preview
Text, style and layout controls inside Elementor
01 / Interactive demonstration
Try it
These are the actual published outputs of the widget. Select some text on this page, then press one of the buttons.
02 / Inside WordPress
Copy selected text button controls in Elementor
Content sets whether any selection or only text inside one element can be copied, quotation marks, the page title and address, a maximum length, and every label and message, including an optional icon. The Style tab covers the button in its Normal, Hover and Focus states, its dimmed look with nothing selected, and the hint and messages.
03 / Website use cases
Where to use copy selected text button
Readers who want to quote a recipe step, a policy clause or a lesson passage have to know the keyboard shortcut, and on phones the copy menu is fiddly. Copy selected text button gives them a clear button: select the text, press it, and the passage is on the clipboard, tidied and optionally in quotation marks with the page title and address so the source travels with it. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Recipes and instructions
Copy one step or ingredient list in a tap.
Policies and terms
Help customers quote the exact clause in a message.
04 / Installation and setup
How to add a copy selected text button in Elementor
Start with Complementor installed and your license connected. Enable this module in the WordPress library, then configure it in Elementor.
Install Complementor, connect your license and enable Copy selected text button in the Complementor library.
Add the widget near the text readers will quote.
Choose whether to add quotation marks and the page address.
Optionally limit copying to one element by its CSS ID.
Style it, select some text and press the button.
05 / Content and style controls
Customize copy selected text button in Elementor
Configure the settings available for this module to suit the page you are building.
Copies the visitor's selection.
Page-wide or one element only.
Optional quotation marks.
Optional page title and address.
Optional maximum length.
Clear success and fallback messages.
06 / Choose the right approach
Copy selected text button and Elementor alternatives
Compare the existing Elementor workflow with this Complementor module before choosing your setup.
Keyboard shortcuts
Work, but many visitors do not know them, and phones hide the copy menu.
Copy buttons for fixed text
Copy a set text, not the passage the reader chose.
07 / Requirements and compatibility
Copy selected text button compatibility with Elementor
- Requires Elementor; works without WooCommerce.
- Copies plain text; formatting and images are not copied.
- Copies the current selection only.
Complementor uses classic Elementor APIs. Atomic-native controls are not implemented. Check your theme, cache and integrations on a staging site before release.
08 / Common setup problems
Troubleshoot copy selected text button
Check these settings if the published page behaves differently from the editor.
Why does the button say to select some text first?
Nothing is selected, or the selection is outside the element you chose.
Why did it show a keyboard tip instead of copying?
The browser blocked copying. The tip explains how to copy with the keyboard.
Why does the copied text end with …?
It was longer than the maximum length you set.
Why is the page address missing query strings?
Only the page address is added, without query strings or #anchors, so tracking codes are not passed on.
Copy selected text button plugin questions
Does it need Elementor Pro?
No. It works with the free version of Elementor.
Is the selected text sent anywhere?
No. It goes only to the visitor's clipboard.
Does it work with the keyboard?
Yes. Select text with the keyboard, Tab to the button and press Enter.
Can I limit it to the article text?
Yes. Give the section a CSS ID and choose Only text inside one element.
Does it need JavaScript?
Yes. Without it the button is hidden, and you can show a message instead.
10 / Annual All Access subscription
Get copy selected text button with Complementor
This module is included with all 1007 current Complementor solutions. Choose your production website allowance; every plan includes the same modules.
One website
$29USD / year
- All 1007 current modules
- Plugin downloads and updates for one year
- New releases during the paid term
- Product support
Renews at $29 USD each year.
A few websites
$49USD / year
- All 1007 current modules
- Plugin downloads and updates for one year
- New releases during the paid term
- Product support
Renews at $49 USD each year.
More websites
$99USD / year
- All 1007 current modules
- Plugin downloads and updates for one year
- New releases during the paid term
- Product support
Renews at $99 USD each year.
Applicable taxes extra. Annual subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled in your customer account. Elementor Pro is required for Exclude current post. Read the terms and 14-day technical-issue refund policy.